Sydney Cricket Ground(SCG)to Unveil Phillip Hughes Bronze Plaque featuring a small bust of Phillip Hughes

As Australian cricketers return to the Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG) for the first time since the death of Phillip Hughes, the life of their fallen teammate will be commemorated with a bronze plaque to be unveiled at the ground at which he burst onto the scene and then met his tragic fate.

The Sydney Cricket and Sports Ground Trust is preparing to have a plaque featuring a small bust of Hughes placed on the front wall of the members' pavilion outside the home dressing room 

Sixty-three bats, individually etched with images from Hughes' career, will also be affixed to the outside upper tier of the members' stand, having lined the way out to the pitch when more than 4,000 people visited the ground on the day of his funeral in Macksville. The number represents the score, 63 not out, that he was on when his life was cruelly cut short.

Crowds observe 63 bats featuring images from Phillip Hughes' career

There also will be a small exhibition in the SCG Museum featuring some of the tributes the public made to Hughes.

The plaque above the players' race will include details of Hughes' career at the SCG, where he made his first-class debut for NSW in 2007 and played his first Test on Australian soil, against Pakistan in 2010.

Bronze plaque put in place at SCG in honour Phillip Hughes ahead of 4th test

Workmen carry a bronze plaque commemorating the life and career of cricketer Phillip Hughes to its permanent place on the Members Pavilion

 

The plaque to honour his memory has been unveiled on the wall outside the home dressing room.

PHILLIP HUGHES PLAQUE

Macksville-born Phillip Hughes became the youngest man to score a century in a Sheffield Shield final when he posted 116 at the SCG during NSW’s win against Victoria in 2007-08.

The dashing and unorthodox left-hand batsman had earned his first NSW cap earlier that season, aged just 18.

Hughes made three more first-class centuries at the SCG, having quickly become a crowd favourite.

The Boy from Macksville also became a hugely popular member of the world’s cricketing elite, forging friendships at home and abroad as fast as he accumulated runs.

Hughes scored 9023 first-class runs at 46.51, compiling 26 hundreds from 114 matches.

He became Australia’s 408th Test player during the 2008-09 tour of South Africa – a series in which he also became the youngest player to post centuries in both innings of a Test, and this, in only his second ever Test match.

He played three Tests at the SCG, narrowly missing a century in the 2012-13 summer when dismissed for 87 against Sri Lanka.

Hughes faced his last ball on 25 November 2014, playing for South Australia against NSW at the SCG.

His death two days later united the sporting world in grief, with Cricket Australia declaring him 63 not out forever – his final score at the SCG. His funeral in his home town was attended by thousands, with many more watching from the SCG.

The plaque to honour his memory has been

The plaque features highlights from Hughes' career at the famous ground, where he made his first-class debut for the Blues in 2007 and played his first home Test against Pakistan in 2010.

Similar plaques of the likes of Sir Donald Bradman and Monty Noble adorn the SCG.

Sixty-three bats, each recording a moment in Hughes' career, will be temporarily fixed to the outside upper deck of the Members Pavilion for the duration of the Test.

The bats were first unveiled at his funeral in Macksville.

The SCG Museum will also feature a small exhibition with some of the public tributes made to Phil Hughes.

Note
 It is 5 weeks since November 25, 2014 the cricket world was rocked by the passing of the 25-year-old batsman who was struck on the helmet by a short-pitched delivery while batting for South Australia against his former team New South Wales in a Sheffield Shield match in Sydney